This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Stevenage holding 21st place and Grimsby Town lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stevenage form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Stevenage are 1-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). Game days at The Lamex Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Stevenage as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Stevenage are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 593 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by E. List).
Stevenage travelled for their previous game, a trip to Harrogate Town that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Stevenage lost 0-2 at home to Leyton Orient.
This is expected to be a close game, with Stevenage perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stevenage as a small favourite), we find ten games. Stevenage has won four of these, drawn four and lost two.
There will be little rest for Stevenage after this match as they are travelling to Colchester United for a League Two game in only three days.
Stevenage have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Stevenage's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grimsby Town form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Grimsby Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
There might be some fixture complaints from Grimsby as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Forest Green Rovers (0-1). A draw for Grimsby before that, at their own venue hosting Carlisle United (1-1).
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Grimsby playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Grimsby Town wins, four draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Grimsby Town, the League Two home match versus Barrow. Busy days.
Grimsby are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Grimsby Town have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - one - two (Stevenage wins - draws - Grimsby Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tilley 2 goals |  L. Wildin 1 goals | E. List 1 goals |
Stevenage missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Stevenage | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 88% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 62% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | 57 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 47 | 77 |
| 32 | 19 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 24 |
| 16% | 16% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 33% |
- Stevenage has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
- Stevenage has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in League Two
- Stevenage has the most matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
- Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Barrow | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 2 |
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